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Selling Online for 20 Years: What Quin Amorim Learned (FS316)

How has online business and selling
changed in the last twenty years? How can we as entrepreneurs move and change
with the times to keep staying profitable, inspired and current?

Are there any rules that have stayed
the same during this period?

Our topic for today centers around
the world of online sales and the way in which they have and continue to
evolve. The internet has sped up the development of the way traditional sales
have functioned and this increasing speed is exponential!

In this episode, we break down a special guest’s particular journey, successes and misadventures, selling products on eBay and Amazon. We discuss early ideas and items, low risk moves and how they managed to scale their business slowly over time.

Today on the show we are joined by Quin Amorim, who started selling
items on eBay in the late ’90s and arguably invented an early form of the now
omnipresent drop shipping model. Quim has managed to build a hugely successful
business and career for himself all from the early desire to make a bit more
cash to spend partying!

We also talk about pocket rockets,
wooden statues, quantities for packaging, becoming more organized and the
importance of listening for feedback from audiences and friends. The episode
really drums home the message of catching and riding different waves as they
arrive and how your enthusiasm for building a brand can take you a long way.

The Top 10 Mistakes in Online Business

Every week we talk with entrepreneurs. We talk about what’s working and what isn’t. We talk about successes and failures. We spend time with complete newbies, seasoned veterans, and everything in between.

One topic that comes up over and over again with both groups is mistakes made in starting businesses. Newbies love to learn about mistakes so they can avoid them. Veterans love to talk about what they wish they had known when starting out.

These conversations have been fascinating, so we compiled a list of the 10 mistakes we hear most often into a nifty lil' guide.

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